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Test Accommodations

THERE WILL BE NO WALK-IN TESTING ALLOWED

General Testing Procedures

Students who request testing accommodations must pre-arrange with instructors and Disabled Student Resources and Services (DSRS): at least 3 business days prior to the testing date.

How To Request Testing Accommodations

Students: It is the student's responsibility to arrange for their testing accommodations. Please discuss accommodation requests with your instructors at the beginning of each semester when you present your accommodation letters. A few days before each exam, remind your instructor of your accommodation needs, determine arrangements of time, room and test delivery.

• To reserve a testing room at DSRS, please call 387-2116.
• To arrange to take a test at DSRS, you must schedule with DSRS at least three business days prior to the testing date.
• To arrange for a reader/scribe, you must schedule with DSRS at least five business days prior to the testing date.

Instructors: Students are to discuss the accommodation requests with you at the beginning of the semester, and again when new tests are announced. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for his/her accommodations. Requests for extended time and/or quiet room may be accommodated in several ways:

• Unless you approve an alternate time, exams must be scheduled at the same time as the class.
• Allow the student to take the test in the department conference room or other quiet area.
• Allow the student to find an empty room near the course classroom.
• Allow the student to make arrangements with DSRS.

If this choice is acceptable, the student needs to inform DSRS as to the delivery and return of the test to you. Tests may be faxed (387-0633), e-mailed to jennifer.lawson@wmich.edu or hand delivered to our office at Woodlawn Place, 2210 Wilbur St. (this building is also where the Children’s Learning Place is located). A member of the DSRS staff can return the test to you if you would rather not pick it up. Please indicate what materials a student has permission to use in the testing room, as nothing is allowed unless specifically stated by you.

Once a student has made arrangements for testing accommodations at our facility, DSRS follows strict security procedures to ensure the integrity of the test. Tests are kept under lock and key, carried by DSRS staff into the testing room, and then returned to the locked cabinet upon completion.

DSRS will arrange for reader/scribe services if that is warranted. If testing is to occur in the department office or other room, the reader/scribe will meet the student there. DSRS needs five (5) business days prior to testing date to arrange for a reader/scribe.

Information About Final Exam Week Testing :

Due to limited testing space at Disabled Student Resources and Services, room reservation will be by first-come, first-served basis.  Please make arrangements a MINIMUM of 1 week before exam week.  There will be no walk-in testing allowed.   Testing will be scheduled in 3 hour increments – 8, 11, 2, and 5 to maximize the amount of students who can be accommodated. Be sure to inform your instructor that your test may begin at a different time than the scheduled time for the course.

Reminder: As always instructors can have students who need academic adjustments for testing utilize conference rooms, nearby classrooms, empty offices for test accommodations as DSRS has limited testing space.